Percichthyidae

Little pygmy perch

Nannoperca pygmaea

Endemic Percichthyid Fish of Australian Waters

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

The little pygmy perch (Nannoperca pygmaea) is a freshwater species of ray finned fish, a temperate perch from the family Percichthyidae that is endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is known from just four sites in the Denmark catchment. It is found in tannin stained, acidic and shallow streams in woodland dominated by Melaleuca rhaphiophylla.